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'''Driesh''' is a mountain in [[Angus]], which reaches a height of 3,107 feet at its summit, and so it qualifies as a [[Munro]]. | '''Driesh''' is a mountain in [[Angus]], which reaches a height of 3,107 feet at its summit, and so it qualifies as a [[Munro]]. | ||
Together with neighbouring [[Mayar]] (3,044 feet), this is one of the most easterly of the Munros. | Together with neighbouring [[Mayar]] (3,044 feet), this is one of the most easterly of the Munros; the two are joined by a col named "The Shank". | ||
The mountain is to be found a few miles north of the village of [[Kirriemuir]] in [[Angus]]. The closeness of Driesh to the city of [[Dundee]] makes it a popular mountain with locals; in many ways making it the Dundonian equivalent to [[Ben Lomond]] near [[Glasgow]]. | The mountain is to be found a few miles north of the village of [[Kirriemuir]] in [[Angus]]. The closeness of Driesh to the city of [[Dundee]] makes it a popular mountain with locals; in many ways making it the Dundonian equivalent to [[Ben Lomond]] near [[Glasgow]]. | ||
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| Summit: | 3,107 feet NO271735 56°50’50"N, 3°11’48"W |
Driesh is a mountain in Angus, which reaches a height of 3,107 feet at its summit, and so it qualifies as a Munro.
Together with neighbouring Mayar (3,044 feet), this is one of the most easterly of the Munros; the two are joined by a col named "The Shank".
The mountain is to be found a few miles north of the village of Kirriemuir in Angus. The closeness of Driesh to the city of Dundee makes it a popular mountain with locals; in many ways making it the Dundonian equivalent to Ben Lomond near Glasgow.
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Driesh) |
| Munros in SMC Area SMC Section 7 - Glenshee to Mount Keen |
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Broad Cairn • Cairn Bannoch • Cairn of Claise • Càrn a' Choire Bhoidheach • Càrn an t-Sagairt Mor • Càrn an Tuirc • Creag Leacach • Driesh • Glas Maol • Lochnagar • Mayar • Mount Keen • Tolmount • Tom Buidhe |